As one, I thought that love was done Then meeting you We merged as two Formerly you were three Two young sons and the divorcee We became...

On Sunday, August 31st, tragedy. You came to our room, waking me. "Diana is dead." You said Prince Charles is on his way to France. Why...

Caverstede Road nursery, our Eden Starting out together like Eve plus one. You were the flaxen-haired Aphrodite I hoped to be Adonis,...

Proud, and oh so beautiful. The Peacock emerges monochromatically from surrounding flowers, to be reborn. Nearby sepia swans encapsulate...

Poetic similes and metaphors Are they just ungainly analogies? The writing on the wall says Belshazzar. The poets' gold now turned brass...

Pathetically and silently, she sat In her chair, a frail old lady Neither showing emotion nor self-pity Rejected and ignored by the...

If you could only understand What I’m going through I hope that someday You could forgive me I realise it’s hard to do, Imagine that...

Let's go for a wander Anaconda, What’s your wish? Jellyfish, Let's just have a gander Salamander, What shall we see? Chimpanzee. We’ll...

Two bags of sugar A pinch of ground black pepper, Weight of the baby Mother gave birth to that day. (I've sure made up for it since)....

Nothing assaults the senses like chill air on a summer's evening. Forearm hair follicles are as erect as a pubescent boy's expectation of...

Just three little questions my dear friends, I hope you can lend a hand, Each scenario happened today, And I still don’t quite...

“Do you want to hold me?” She asked I replied, “Yes I think I would” “Do you want to kiss me?” She said “No, that would not be good.” She...

Miss Russell, my mentor, Guiding educational light I yearned to stay forever in her radiance. Stand closer, soaking up her wisdom. Like a...

All my life I have heard their sound But they rejected the want of me My unfading desire to see I, the father. It was never meant to be...

I’ve walked in the footsteps of Rupert Brooke, Paddled barefoot in Byron's pool, Had tea with Mrs Woolfe and Maynard Keynes, The sky,...

Earth Mother wearing her pastel blue bonnet, White clouds like cultured pearls strung around her neck, A stole like warm breeze...

Our love trail, Many years in the making, we Still live the twists and turns, Traversing confidently, often shakingly. I have and still...

Have you given any thought to the hard centre of a Kiwi, Waiting for it to ripen makes the outside flesh too soft. A pineapple, so...

“I have a good mind” No, you don’t You bully, harass, and cajole But never with a good mind, Ever. “You just sit there” I’ll sit, but you...